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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Well, I guess awards shortlists that primarily recognize the "good craft" of authors who most people are already well aware of (because of their good craft) are of little use to me then. *shrug*
I don't need them to promote unknowns, I only need them to promote authors who are unknown to me.
I guess I don't understand the need for awards to highlight what people are reading and enjoying. Surely that knowledge is already known?
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Sometimes, but I don't always know who the up and coming authors are. I ran across the authors of The Martian and Ready, Player One via recommendations on this board. Both were excellent books and likely would have been on the short list if this award had been around when they came out. There are several authors that I hadn't heard of on the list and one that I grabbed the book. At one time, the Hugo was like that.